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Pioneer Valley Worker’s Center Pioneer Valley Workers’ Center Receives 2019 James Beard Leader Award Written by Emily Chiara | May 7, 2019 All month long, we are honoring stories of organizations and movements at the heart of the fight for workers’ rights and economic justice. As the good food movement continues to enter the national…

One Fella’s Take on the Commons By Chad Fuller, CSFC Member-Owner | Posted 4/25/2019 ———————— I have been lucky to be an observer and participant of the commons for almost all of my life. My experience with commoning includes founding the Sudbury Valley School with others and studies in Community and Organization Development through a graduate-level training…

500 & Counting Update: Share the Good Our 500 & Counting Party on Sunday, April 7th marked a major milestone for our co-op. With over 530 members-owners, we are now over halfway towards our 1,000 member-ownership goal. Thank you to all of the vendors, raffle donors, volunteers, and guests that made the event such a…

With spring right around the corner comes the arrival of amazing seasonal produce from our local farms in Western Mass! Here’s a great recipe that takes advantage of arugula season while keeping things warm enough for those colder early spring days. Ask farmers at your local farmers’ market for recommendations on what else in season,…

What is “commoning”? Article written by Johannes Euler and Leslie Gauditz – originally published February 23, 2017; intro written for Common Share Food Co-op Blog by Dylan Houllahan. Intro This article examines the Degrowth and Commoning movements, two interlinked ideologies aiming for a prosperous post-capitalist future based on community cooperation and collective healing. The degrowth…

Fighting Food Waste with Betsy Fink – Article via Rachel’s Network Of all food produced in the United States, 30-40% is wasted. 30-40%. Take a moment to let that number really sink in. Through the Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation, we started to understand the massive scale of food waste after helping Martha’s Vineyard establish…

Here is a recipe that springs us forward from our cold winter into spring! With a nice, light, fried rice with spring vegetables and fried eggs, this recipe incorporates the use of vegetables that are in season that you can buy from your local farmer’s markets and local grocery stores! If you’re planning to start…

Common Share Food Co-op has been featured in the Daily Hampshire Gazette! Article below. Prospective Amherst food co-op changes name, launches member drive By Scott Merzbach Staff Writer AMHERST — A new name is being unveiled as organizers of a planned cooperative grocery store renew their push to bring the worker- and community-owned enterprise to…

P6: Love by Emily Chiara Two weeks ago I headed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to participate in this year’s Up and Coming Conference for food co-op start-ups. Hosted by the Indiana Cooperative Development Center, this conference brought together hundreds of people from co-ops across the country. Representatives came from co-ops organizing in the hearts of big…

The Common Share Food Co-op will host a celebration and membership drive kickoff event in honor of reaching the 500 member-owner milestone and our continuing efforts to increase membership. Co-op member-owners and the general community are invited to come to celebrate the milestone, meet our board and staff members, sign up to be founding members,…